Tag: The Samurai and the Prisoner

Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 31, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Tom Holland, Zendaya,  Jacob Batalon, Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando and Mark Ruffalo. The film’s original music is composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Lost, Up,  The Batman, Jurassic World, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Opening semi-wide in around 700 theaters is the comedy thriller I Want Your Sex written and directed by Gregg Araki and starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding,  Daveed Diggs, Chase Sui Wonders and Charli xcx. James Clements (Now Apocalypse, Bottom of the World, The Blackout Experiments). has composed the film’s original music. No word on soundtrack release. The movie, which follows a fresh-faced young man who lands a job with an artist and provocateur who taps him to become her sexual muse and takes him on a journey into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal, and murder, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures.

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‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Soundtrack Album Details

Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese historical drama The Samurai and the Prisoner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yoshihiro Hanno (Mountains May Depart, Winter Boy, The Best Is Yet to Come, Revolver Lily). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be available to order here within the next few weeks. The Samurai and the Prisoner is written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and stars Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, Tasuku Emoto, Ryota Miyadate and Joe Odagiri. The movie based Honobu Yonezawa’s novel of the same title is set in 16th century Japan and follows Lord Murashige Araki as he rises up against the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda and finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle.

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